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The Yuppie Handbook: The State-of-the Art Manual for Young Urban Professionals
Provides a satirical view of the life styles of well-educated affluent young people, who try to have all the best possessions
- GenresHumor
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First published January 1, 1984
About the author
Marissa Piesman
13 books7 followers New York attorney Marissa Piesman (Assistant New York State Attorney General) writes the popular Nina Fischman series and is also co-author of The Yuppie Handbook (1984).
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Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews
June 13, 2022
This random little book screams free library and it was in fact from one. Grabbed this yellowed copy bc as many of you know I am a big satire fan (was thinking it'd be like Portlandia for a diff generation). However, it was pretty boring and often repeated jokes.
Unexpected hot take: Self-improvement is selfish.
Unexpected hot take: Self-improvement is selfish.
June 8, 2017
So odd to realize that the "Yuppie Handbook" came out in the mid-'80s--- a more aggressive and American follow-on to the British "Sloane Ranger Handbook", and a marker for the transformation of the low-key, reticent, old-money preppy class of "The Official Preppy Handbook" into corporate strivers. Other reviews have noted that the cultural styles of the Yuppie Handbook are, thirty-odd years later, so mainstream as to seem totally natural. It's odd to think about finding foodie obsessions and minimalist interiors strange or funny here in the Year Seventeen, when we take those things as givens for the educated, cultured, urban upper-middle class and as perfectly ordinary aspirations for middle-middles. And, yes, back in the Long Ago I did pore over this book for social cues and catalog addresses--- not ashamed to admit it, either. Anyway--- funny, witty, and a look back at how contemporary class attitudes formed.
May 26, 2014
What you'll learn from this cultural artifact - what was considered yuppie 30 years ago is now the mainstream.
January 8, 2018
One of a humor genre of the early 1980s, and a classic period piece. Probably helped popularize the word 'Yuppie,' which now is as meaningless as 'Boomer.' Reminds one that certain trends were big in the early 80s but then faded (eg squash).
February 16, 2021
Pretty funny to think how little has changed in the last 40 years.
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January 10, 2022Thoroughly depressing read for 2022. Lots of laughs. And inspired me to get out The Silver Palate Cookbook. To more bitter greens and vinaigrette.
January 15, 2024
pretty funny - nothing much has changed since the 80s, i see..
February 25, 2024
Quite well, good introduction to the yuppie style, but too light at some points. The preppy handbook is better.
August 21, 2016
Very funny, enjoyed almost every single section.
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